Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-26
WASHINGTON.
The Request to Suspend the Issuance
of Patents on the Backbone Land
Grant Refused.
Canadian Pacific Makes Through Rates
Lower than Those Prevalent Be.
fore the Suspension Order.
The Inter State Commerce Commissioners
Leave Washington for Two Weeks
Tour of the South.
HARRIS COUNTY PosToFFCE.

Special to the Gazette
WASHINGTON, April 25.-A postofi ce
has been established at Greens bayo, Har-
rIs county, and Stella E. Campbell has
been commissioned as postmisress.
CANADIAN CUT RATES.
WASHINGTON, April rs George Gray,
attorney for the Northern Pacific Railroad,
is advised that the Canadian Pacific has
begun 10 carry sugar from the Pacific
coast to St. Paul at much lower rates
than those which prevailed on our trans
continental lines before the order Of
suspension.
PATENTS WILL ISSUE.
WASHINGTON, April rs -rhe President
appointed to-day w. r bson to be post
master at La Grange, vice Arthur Nero
chiedt, deceased.
Acting Secretary If the Interior Null
drOw has declined the request Of R. a.
BabCOCk, assignee Of the Baton Rouge
and Vicksburg Railroad Company, to sus-
pend the issuance OF patents to the New
Orleans Pacific Railroad Company to the
lands known as the Backbone grant"
pending the termination of certain suit
against the latter company. The Acting
Secretary is of the opinion that the
patents should be issued whenever the
company files. in the Interior Department
satisfactory evidence of full compliance
with the act of February IS, 1887. That
haviog been done the COMMISSIONERS Of
the General Land Office will prepare rules
and regulations preparatory 20 carrying
the law into effect.
APPOINTMENTS.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-William J.
Vickerv of Indiana has been appointed
fourth assistant examiner in the Patent
Office.
George W. Morgan of Arkansas has
been appointed chief of the presumption
division in the General Land Office.
Thomas G. Reames, pOstotice inspector
on mail depredatiOns st Portland, 0. T.,
as resigned.
OFF FOR THE SOUTH.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-The inter
state commerce commission and their
secretary left Washington this morning
for the south to be absent ten DAYS or
two weeks. Messrs. Johns and Eaton
left here with the members to-day to
attend the hearings at Atlanta, Mobile,
New Orleans, Memphis and Louisville.
IN FAVOR OF THE INDIANS.
WASHINGTON, April 25-Judge Davis
to-day delivered an opinion OF Ine court
of Claims in which the Indians claim over
S60O,O0O with interest for the reason
alleged of improper disbursements of the
Chickasaw funds held in trust by the
United States. The case arises from the
transfer Of the tribe in 1887 and succeed
ing years from Mississippi to the Indian
Territory, and involves q decision upon
the legality, under treaty stipulatiOns, OF
payments made in aid of emigration.
The court reaches the conclusion that the
Indians should have on their accounts
S24O,I68.
DUTY on LIQUORS.
WASHINGTON, April % .-Assistant Sec
rotary Maynard has informed the custom
officers that imported or reimportrd
liquors for consumption having been
warehoused are subject to duty on the
quantity offered for warehouse not on
that ascertained on withdrawal for con-
sumption.